I was sitting in that little used bookstore cathy had found. Their communitybased books in action program features writers, artists, and activists leading workshops, readings, residencies, screenings, and more. As of march 2020 we will begin slowly winding down our operations. Sasquatch books titles are distributed through penguin random house publisher services. If we are interested in reading the full manuscript, we. Coffee house press chp is a respected literary press with a great reputation. Tolsun books, an independent, nonprofit press based in the southwest, is now open for unsolicited submissions. In 2019, she joined the indie staff of ya books central as.
Coffee house press submission manager powered by submittable accept and curate digital content. In an effort to cut down on paper usagewaste, at present prefer electronic submissions. To get a better understanding of our publishing program, please examine our books in a bookstore, library, or browse our website. No submissions will be returned it wastes fossil fuel and money on stamps. Cider mill press specializes in highquality, entertaining gift books that are coupled with bold graphic design. Since their poetry books started grabbing plenty of attention, they soon shifted their entire focus on this genre, and the results have been overwhelming to say. Despite all the doom and gloom surrounding the publishing of short story. The minneapolisbased publisher coffee house press will partner with. Literary house press books are distributed nationally by small press distribution. Emily books were a publishing house sometimes, an ebook. Coach house publishes innovative poetry, literary fiction, drama and select nonfiction. Submission window sep 1, 2020 thru sep 30, 2020 begins 148 days from now submission window mar 1, 2021 thru mar 31, 2021 begins 329 days from now. Weaving together the story of an escaped slave in the precivil war south and a determined junior lawyer, the house girl follows lina sparrow as she looks for an appropriate lead plaintiff in a lawsuit.
The house girl, the historical fiction debut by tara conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modernday new york and 1852 virginia. While we are open to poets and translators at every stage of their career, we exclusively read poetry. Established in 1974, kensington, americas independent publisher, located in new york city, is the foremost independent publishing house in the united states publishing in hardcover, trade paperback, and mass market. Things well look for when we receive your novel include. Chp does not accept submissions of anthologies or books for children or young adults. Established in 1994, this asheville based publishing house covers a wide range of genres like outdoor titles, coffee table books, selfhelp guides and most importantly, poetry books.
Tara conklins novel the house girl weaves two stories together. I have a collection of 66 short stories for ya aimed at girls aged 1216 ish total. We now set aside certain times of the year as open submission periods. Most readers are familiar with the big publishing houses, like penguin random.
Coffee house press will continue to stock and sell all of our original print titles. Coffee house press creates new spaces for audiences and artists to interact, inspiring readers and enriching communities by expanding the definition of what literature is, what it can do, and who it belongs to. Owl house books is an imprint of homebound publications. Regal house publishing is proud to partner with major distributors to enable nationwide and international availability of our titles, in both ebook and print format, to online and brickandmortar retailers, public libraries, and schools k12. All submissions should include page numbers on every page and be sent as a. Hopewell publications submit intelligent books for. The literary house press is located at the rose oneill literary house, washington college, 300 washington avenue, chestertown, maryland 21620. Coffee house began with toothpaste, a mimeograph magazine founded by allan kornblum in iowa in 1970. You can submit to us via homebound publications submittable platform under the owl house books category. Its hard to find a booklover who hasnt considered getting into publishing at one point or another. Theyve published such writers as carlos fuentes, djuna barnes, and flann obrien. Patrons and exhale members never pay to submit, and exhale members also receive access to two additional private submission windows.
We do not have the staff capacity to read or respond to manuscripts that are submitted by email or mail. We are not publishing selfhelp books, romance novels, or young adult fiction at the present time. Coffee house press is an internationally renowned independent book publisher and arts nonprofit based in minneapolis, mn. We charge a small reading fee to cover the cost of using submittable. Alan forthite opened his eyes and was met with blinding light. Coffee house press teams up with emily books for new imprint.
Joffe books is an independent publisher based out of london. Please dont submit novels, historical romances, autobiographies, biographies, childrens books, etc. Since 2017, she has held multiple positions within coffee house writers, including c. See our submission guidelines for fiction and nonfiction books. If you choose to send a hard copy, make sure it is typed, doublespaced, singlesided, on 812 x 11 paper. His stories and poems have appeared in paper darts, opium, mud luscious, word riot, trajectory, decomp, and numerous other journals. We publish over 600 books annually in both fiction and nonfiction. The press does not accept submissions by email or fax. Cox poetry award, memoirs, short story collections via our w. Eimear mcbrides a girl is a halfformed thing, and valeria luisellis. Coffee house press is committed to redefining literature to.
Before you submit your idea to cider mill press, please familiarize yourself with our publishing program. The big house will get you more potential readers, the independents will fight for you with. We open for guest submissions twice per year, typically once in the spring and once in the fall. We accept fulllength and chapbook manuscripts made from parts.
The inside of a girls bedroom was beautifultoo beautiful. Please note that we are not accepting hardcopy submissions. Submissions sent as email attachments will not be considered. We trust that if youre interested in writing youre interested in reading, and if youre interested in reading youll have encountered our books.
These periods are capped at 300 submissions, so submit early. Cait marie is the creator and manager of functionally fictional. He is an editor at best new writing and the publisher of a micro poetry press, lowbrow press. Porter prize, and our imprints fitzroy books childrens, mg and ya fiction and pact press fulllength fiction, memoirs, essay collections, anthologies, are open for submissions from authors and literary agents. London festival fringe 2010 in conjunction with cegin productions and coffeehouse poetry at the troubadour, is delighted to announce that the poetry panel to adjudicate on publishers submissions for the london new poetry award will be daljit nagra, tamar yoseloff and adam oriordan, all names well known and highly respected as award. Coffee house presscoffee house press has grown from a poetry magazine and letterpress to one of the premier nonprofit. Regal house literary, historical, contemporary fiction, poetry via our terry j. They are only open for short submission periods every year in march and september. They publish literary novels, fulllength short story collections, poetry, creative nonfiction, booklength essays and essay collections, and the. Chp does not accept submissions for anthologies, genre fiction, or books for children. Submissions gingerbread house publishing the finest in. Submissions that do not follow our protocol will not be considered. Submissions are invited exclusively through submittable, our online submissions manager. I would love to know a little about your selection process.
The originally focused on publishing new ebooks and making classic books and short stories available electronically. In 2015, we began partnering with independent publisher coffee house press to publish two original books a year. Coffee house press publishes literary novels, fulllength short story collections, poetry, creative nonfiction, booklength essays and essay collections, and the occasional memoir. In addition, until further notice, coffee house press will not accept unsolicited poetry submissions. Whether the people in the film were japanese or not, i couldnt tell. Mystery writers of america 1140 broadway, suite 1507 new york, ny 1 phone. From 20112016, we sent subscribers an ebook each month via our online bookstore, introducing them to writers like elena ferrante, eileen myles, samantha irby, nell zink, melissa broder and jenny zhang. Udp is considering projects of any length for chapbooks and fulllength books to be published in 2022 or later in any of the following genres. Submissions sent outside of these two reading periods will not be considered or returned. Coffee house press will only accept submissions during two annual reading periods. Approved publisher list mystery writers of america. Founded in 1972, minneapolisbased coffee house press aims to better reflect the wide range of voices that exists in the literature of the americas. Support our books, authors, and programming with a taxdeductible gift today. Editorial committee behrman house 241b millburn ave.
After taking a university of iowa typography course with the acclaimed harry duncan, kornblum was inspired to turn toothpaste into toothpaste press, a small publishing company dedicated to producing poetry pamphlets and letterpress books. Coffee house press currently publishes 18 books per year, split evenly among the categories of fiction, poetry, and essays, with an occasional wild card. He teaches creative and academic writing at concordia university st. There are no specific length requirements for submissions, although it should be noted that coffee house press does not publish chapbooks, single poems, single essays, or single short stories. In general, only manuscripts with word counts between 75,000 and 150,000 will be considered. Bullet, cherry bleeds, zygote in my coffee, and id like to find a publisher. The happy pear cafe, shop and brand have become iconic and their food has an.
You publish debuts by authors like gabe habash and lincoln michel alongside books by established authors such as brian evenson and kate bernheimer. Founded in 1984, this publishing house has been around long enough to pick up some notable names. The originally focused on publishing new e books and making classic books and short stories available electronically. Coffee house authors have events all over the worldfind one near you. Rose oneill literary house the literary house press. Coffee house press publishes literary novels, fulllength short story collections, poetry, creative nonfiction, booklength essays, and essay collections. The first thing to do is to visit our submittable page to see if we are currently accepting submissions. We accept submissions directly from writers, offer significant royalties, respond as promptly as we. If we are, send us a query letter, along with a sample of 10 to 20 pages. We prefer the word count to be between 70,000 and 100,000, but books between 50,000 and 70,000 words will still be considered. Penmore press accepts manuscripts in most genres of adult fiction and nonfiction. Most of the titles are published under the coffee house press brand, but its new emily books imprint focuses on feminist, transgressive work. Kensington has sweeping and diverse imprints, including kensington, zebra books, pinnacle books. Coffee house press creates new spaces for audiences and artists to interact, inspiring readers and.
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